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About five years ago I became suddenly and violently ill
About five years ago I became suddenly and violently ill. Although the disease was never diagnosed, the symptoms were of a ruptured appendix. I suffered for a number of days, and then one night around midnight, when in particularly great pain, I made two decisions. First, I determined that I would not turn to medical aid even though I was tempted to believe I might be dying. I would continue to put my faith in the Christian Science method of healing and no other. Second, I knew that the dedicated Christian Science practitioner who was praying for me was doing his work thoroughly, and I decided that I would express gratitude by praying scientifically for myself as best I could, until morning.
Immediately after these two decisions were made I felt a sudden, powerful conviction that matter cannot be sentient, and so pain is always a mistaken mental concept. I saw that the physical body can't initiate or communicate pain, because it is mindless matter. There is only one Mind, and that is God. Divine Mind communicates only good and initiates freedom and harmony. A feeling of peace came over me, even though the discomfort did not lessen. All night long I retained this wonderful, peaceful sense. I lost all fear of the pain, and although it was several weeks before the healing was complete, I never again felt afraid of the supposed disease. This healing has been permanent.
At one time I was suddenly stricken with a crippling condition that affected almost my entire body. I could move only with great difficulty, and it was impossible to be comfortable in any position. For about two months I was seldom free from pain.
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August 6, 1979 issue
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No accidents in Mind's all-presence
STIG KIÆR CHRISTIANSEN
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To like or to love?
PERSIS E. ZUBER
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What's really going on
H. JACK WYMAN
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Being right
HELEN R. CONROYD
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From sensuality to freedom
Written for the Sentinel
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But now...
Peter Alan Justad
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Knowing God
Geoffrey J. Barratt
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Uniqueness of the Monitor
Nathan A. Talbot
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Call God!
Kimberly Risedorph
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About five years ago I became suddenly and violently ill
Virginia L. Scott
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Christian Science first caught my attention when life seemed...
Patricia L. Veira
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About eleven years ago, following an automobile accident in...
Victor F. Sagues with contributions from Janice Sagues
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One summer, while packing the car before heading off to ...
Michele S. Van Meter
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As a child of eight, I fell on some pavement and broke off a...
Marcia Ruth Murphy with contributions from Barbara B. Murphy